Barry County, Missouri Mount Comfort Cemetery Monett Township ( T25N-R28W-S9 ) Take 60 west out of Monett to 97 and turn south (left). Go to FR2025 and turn east (left). When FR2025 dead ends at a T with FR1040, turn north (left). The next T in the road will be with FR2022, there will be a house (not the owners of the land where the cemetery is) right across from the T. Now view this map to narrow down the location of the cemetery. This land, and the 120 acre parcel north of it was (and may still be) owned by Vincent Cahalan in 1999. Also see the History of this cemetery as writted by John & Patricia Dill John & Patricia Dill visited this cemetery during the summer of 1998. It is located on the Vincent Cahalan property near the Newton County, line. This is several miles south of Pierce City. They located 17 stones with some form of inscription (James & Sarah Hudson are on the same stone - with two different inscriptions). There were a number of graves, marked only with fieldstones and it is likely that a lot more graves were not marked in any way, there may also have been more that were missed. This is the basic information they obtained from the headstone's: Name Born Died Notes BIRKES, Emily (TRENT) Jan. 14, 1846 Mar. 07, 1879 Barry Co., MO. She married Henry Birkes on Nov. 19, 1865 Lawrence Co., MO. Source: Original transcription with notes by Donna Haddock Cooper BIRKES, Silas 1 Mar 1815 29 May 1882 ROE, William M. d. 8 Feb 1874 (age 80) BUSHNELL, Alice P. 11 Nov 1858 28 Mar 1873 RUTLEDGE, John d.3 Apr 1874 Age 70 RUTLEDGE, Jane R. d.22 Nov 1885 Age 78yr, 5mo, 15dy BADGER, George R. 7 Aug 1831 12 June 1888 BADGER, Margaret 24 May 1821 15 Sept 1877 BADGER, Philip 27 May 1849 17 Jan 1874 HUDSON, James H. 6 Apr 1804 22 Feb 1884 HUDSON, Sarah 14 Apr 1806 29 Feb 1884 LeGRAND, Nancy A 18 Sep 1853 15 Jul 1879 Wife of J.E. HOLMES N/a JED N/a LeGRAND, Caladonia 29 Feb 1872 18 Mar 1872 Dau of J.E. & N.A. COWAN, Bertha E. 2 Aug 1869 1 May 1879 Dau of J.G. & M.F. LELLIE, Sister © 1999 Susan Tortorelli All Rights Reserved